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David Axelrod: “If it's not -- if it wasn't meant to be a deterrent, what was it meant to be?”

On the recordJune 18, 2018
If it's not -- if it wasn't meant to be a deterrent, what was it meant to be?
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod questions the intent behind the administration's family separation policy.

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